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I am all for accepting stuttering. Its the best thing I have ever done for my mental health. You can even do that without being delusional and mentally ill trust me. You can be a normal person and ...

Why is people finding peace through accepting their stutter so upsetting for you?...

So people saying their stutter is a gift or they are glad to stutter is not toxic positivity? There are daily threads like this ...

Why is people accepting their stutter and just getting on with life so upsetting for you?...

Tbh I (M29) used to feel this way, but I wanna say a few years ago I finally opened to a friend and it felt amazing. He gave me the perspective that everyone’s suffering from something, that while stu...

I (M29) personally just think about the fact that everyone’s dealing with something, be it health issues, weight issues, mental health issues etc and this just happens to be mine. Most people don’t ...

achieve for being comfortable with yourself and not confident. i know it might not sound very helpful but when i embraced myself for who i was/am and not by some projections i wanted or thought i ha...

Honestly - just focus on being your happiest self and not the image of what someone else is looking for. A lot of people really don't care if someone stutters, not an issue. I can't tell you why she m...

I remember a time when I was too ashamed and embarrassed, or worried that if I talked about it openly, I’d somehow get labeled or it would get worse. All of those thoughts were a lie. Once I started...

Then let the thought of having the ability change you.. the more you let an external circumstance dictate how you feel the more control it has over you. You get to choose joy, to choose to connect t...

I was scared shitless my first estimates, now im just listening to music bored in the car on the way to the next :p.  We can adapt to anything!...

There's a great book that helps explain this: "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers is a classic self-help book that argues fear is a normal and unavoidable part of life, especially when f...

i’ve been the same way. my speech is so bad around friends and family, but around strangers it’s better (usually). it’s so strange. recently i’ve been trying to more upfront about it. here’s how i ima...

flip the script: be confident in being insecure. That being said, you really need good posture that doesnt feel stiff or else you wont or cant feel confident in my experience...

So sorry to hear that. I have stuttered all my life. I am in my 50s and I have just learnt to embrace it and stop feeling embarrassed about my stutter. sometimes people are shocked when I say I have a...

Well done. Unless you stutter it difficult to understand the impact it has on your life especially as a teenager. I am 56 and I have struggled my whole life. I have some good day and some backwards da...

That worked for me until I grew up, got a job and had kids! Playing around and joking about the stutter only works to some degree! I wish I could go back to being less self conscious about myself tho...

Anything you can do to boost confidence is a good thing, not just for stuttering, but for life in general. Go for it and see if you benefit from it....

Jokes on me

Jokes on me I have a terrible stammer since my childhood (I'm 22 rn), and I consulting a therapist since 4-5 years. I just want to share a wierd nature of mine. When I grew up with my stammering, I b...

That's very true! I do feel more relaxed while on stream, which is wild because it involves constantly speaking mixed with being afraid and high anxiety. ...